Contumyces rosellus

Appearance

Pileus
Cap 0.5-2.0 cm broad, convex, becoming convex-depressed to infundibulate; margin incurved, then decurved to plane, sometimes appearing scalloped in age; surface glabrous, striate-sulcate to near the disc, vinaceous-brown, hygrophanous, fading to pinkish-tan, finally pale-tan; context thin, pallid; odor and taste mild.
Lamellae
Gills long decurrent, close to subdistant, pale-pink, fading to pinkish-cream, pallid at maturity; lamelluae up to three-seried.
Stipe
Stipe 1.0-2.5 cm long, 1-3 mm thick, pliant, more or less equal, straight or bent, hollow in age; surface pruinose, becoming glabrous, colored like the cap, i.e. vinaceous to pinkish-brown, paler in age, often nearly tan; whitish tomentum at base; partial veil absent.

Habitat

Scattered to gregarious in open areas, e.g. along trails and in sparse grass, often in moss; fruiting along the coast from mid-winter to spring; exact distribution unknown but probably widespread; occasional, locally common.